Happiness
(page 7)
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness — and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.
Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.
Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants — giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
